Surgeons trained on living animals save lives

By John Cunningham
Updated April 26 2016 - 8:11pm, first published 8:05pm
It is far from ideal that we should use animals in this way, says surgeon John Cunningham, "but until a completely lifelike simulator is invented that can mimic humans as closely as animals do, we are obliged to train ourselves in this way." Photo: Joe Armao
It is far from ideal that we should use animals in this way, says surgeon John Cunningham, "but until a completely lifelike simulator is invented that can mimic humans as closely as animals do, we are obliged to train ourselves in this way." Photo: Joe Armao

Like it or not, the use of live animals in surgical training saves lives. 

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